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? ? ? ? "Who admitted you?" asked the professor.

? ? ? ? "Esmeralda."

? ? ? ? "Then she will acquaint Jane with the fact that you are here," said the old man.

? ? ? ? "No, Professor," replied Canler, "for I came primarily to see you."

? ? ? ? "Ah, I am honored," said Professor Porter.

? ? ? ? "Professor," continued Robert Canler, with great deliberation, as though carefully weighing his words, "I have come this evening to speak with you about Jane."

? ? ? ? "You know my aspirations, and you have been generous enough to approve my suit."

? ? ? ? Professor Archimedes Q. Porter fidgeted in his armchair. The subject always made him uncomfortable. He could not understand why. Canler was a splendid match.

? ? ? ? "But Jane," continued Canler, "I cannot understand her. She puts me off first on one ground and then another. I have always the feeling that she breathes a sigh of relief every time I bid her good-by.


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